Bill Text: NY A00413 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00413 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00413-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 413 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, CAHILL, CAMARA, COOK, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, HOOPER, KAVANAGH, KELLNER, LUPARDO, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition of a "public body" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as 2 amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as renum- 3 bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 4 2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in 5 order to conduct public business and which consists of two or more 6 members, performing a governmental function for the state or for an 7 agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in 8 section sixty-six of the general construction law, or committee or 9 subcommittee or other similar body of such public body, AND ANY ENTITY 10 CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE 11 GOVERNOR. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04230-01-3